This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

After Zang Xiaojian left, Lu Qingshan opened the Attribute Panel.

In the Experience Points section, there was a storage of nearly sixty thousand.

Dantai Qingrun didn't understand why, despite his severe injuries, he still insisted on participating in the monster hunt and cleanup in Zhenjiang City; this was his reason.

Such a rare opportunity to gain experience points, how could he afford to miss it?

Let's give it a try and see if the problem really lies in the level of cultivation.

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan then invested more than thirty thousand experience points into the Returning Ruins Scripture.

"Returning Ruins Scripture upgraded to lv8, Spiritual Power Value +100!"

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"Returning Ruins Scripture upgraded to lv10, Spiritual Power Value +100!"

"Your Spiritual Power Value has exceeded 1000, Talent 'Spiritual Power Control' (Primary Level) upgraded to 'Spiritual Power Control' (Intermediate Level)!"

'Spiritual Power Control' (Intermediate Level): With another increase in your cultivation, your control over Spiritual Power will become even more precise. Spiritual Power Control +2.

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After the Returning Ruins Scripture was upgraded to lv10, Lu Qingshan's Spiritual Power Value limit successfully broke through 1000.

Ordinary cultivators generally only have such robust Spiritual Power when their cultivation reaches the Perfection of Foundation Establishment, but with the bonus from the Taoist Level Cultivation Technique, Lu Qingshan at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment already possessed the Intermediate level talent of Spiritual Power Control.

As for the High Level Spiritual Power Control talent, it requires the Spiritual Power Value limit to break through 3000. Generally speaking, unless there is a special opportunity, a cultivator needs to break through to the Golden Core Stage to advance this talent to the High Level.

According to what Zang Xiaojian said, he should now be able to maintain the Solidifying Form of Sword Qi for a long period.

Feeling his control over Spiritual Power had climbed another step, Lu Qingshan didn't hesitate and immediately began a new attempt.

He once again mobilized the Spiritual Power within his body.

With a swish, just like usual, a wisp of Sword Qi appeared at his fingertip.

He was already very skilled at this step.

However, different from before, this time the Sword Qi was unexpectedly dense and no longer flickering.

It was a success, what Zang Xiaojian had said was true!

Lu Qingshan rejoiced in his heart.

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Now that the issue with the Sword Qi was resolved, there was no reason to delay.

Lu Qingshan immediately took out a Jade Box from the Storage Ring, opened the lid, and a block of deep blue jade came into view.

Blue Sea Jade, one of the eighteen Third Grade Spirit Materials required for practicing the Water Walking Sword Armor.

Lu Qingshan clenched the Blue Sea Jade tightly, and the Spiritual Power in his body surged out, enveloping and slowly infiltrating into the Blue Sea Jade.

Lu Qingshan's Divine Sense closely followed, observing the situation inside the Blue Sea Jade.

Among the vast patches of grey mottled energy, strands of blue-green Water Elemental Qi swam about.

What he needed to do was to extract these pure strands of Water Elemental Qi.

Lu Qingshan focused his mind, controlling the Spiritual Power, which converged into a large hand and hastily reached for a moving strand of Water Elemental Qi.

This movement was extremely fast, yet the strand of Water Elemental Qi slipped away like a fish, easily dodging Lu Qingshan's capture.

Again!

Lu Qingshan was not discouraged at all. Highly concentrated, he aimed at the strand of Water Elemental Qi and chased it persistently.

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After countless attempts, Lu Qingshan had gradually figured out the habits of the Water Elemental Qi inside the Blue Sea Jade and got used to its swimming rhythm.

His Spiritual Power hand was as quick as lightning, covering a strand of Water Elemental Qi once more. This time, he did not miss.

But before Lu Qingshan could rejoice, the Water Elemental Qi that he had caught unexpectedly dissipated into specks of starlight and then slowly reassembled into Water Elemental Qi.

This was because the force was too great, so he dispersed the Water Elemental Qi.

Lu Qingshan was not discouraged.

Training the Sword Armor was indeed a meticulous task, and he had been mentally prepared for it.

He quickly regrouped and once again headed towards another wisp of Water Elemental Qi within the Blue Sea Jade.

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Hu—

Finally, Lu Qingshan successfully captured the first wisp of Water Elemental Qi. He focused his mind on this wisp of Water Elemental Qi, pulling it outward, carefully controlling the force, afraid of dispersing it again.

Under Lu Qingshan's gentle offensive, this wisp of Water Elemental Qi slowly separated from the Blue Sea Jade.

With a "pop".

Lu Qingshan exerted a flick, pulling this wisp of Water Elemental Qi away from the Blue Sea Jade.

This wisp of Water Elemental Qi was very fine, flashing with a dazzling, brilliant azure light.

And on the tips of Lu Qingshan's left hand fingers, a fine stream of Sword Qi suddenly surged out.

"Go," Lu Qingshan commanded the wisp of Water Elemental Qi to entwine around the Sword Qi. The originally tangible yet formless fine Sword Qi, after a moment, transformed into a wisp of azure-colored Water Elemental Sword Qi.

Lu Qingshan nodded in satisfaction, as the wisp of Water Elemental Sword Qi swiftly darted into one of his acupoints.

The beginning is always the hardest.

With the successful experience of the first time, the following steps became much quicker.

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In the following days, Lu Qingshan devoted himself to the cultivation of the Water Walking Sword Armor.

It is worth mentioning that the Rat King, for some unknown reason, initially quite fearful of Zang Xiaojian, seemed to have taken a liking to him or something, as after a few days, he started visiting Zang Xiaojian every day, shrouded in mystery without explaining why.

Lu Qingshan, busy extracting Spirit Materials, did not bother to delve deeper.

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Inside the cabin.

Whoosh!

A wisp of azure Water Elemental Sword Qi formed at the tip of Lu Qingshan's finger.

In his palm lay a gray-white crystal, faintly visible—it was the Fourth Grade Spirit Material Sea Blue Marrow he had purchased at great expense in Bibo City, now looking faded.

This was because all the Water Elemental Qi from the Sea Blue Marrow had been extracted, leaving behind only useless impurities.

Spending twenty days, Lu Qingshan had finally extracted all the Spirit Materials needed to form the Water Walking Sword Armor.

He also drew this fine wisp of Water Elemental Sword Qi into one of his acupoints.

Then, Lu Qingshan introspected his own acupoints.

One could see, in each acupoint, a wisp of azure Water Elemental Sword Qi intertwined.

No longer hesitating, Lu Qingshan drove all the Water Elemental Sword Qi flowing throughout his body from the acupoints. These wisps of Water Elemental Sword Qi quickly mingled and merged with one another.

Even though they all belonged to Water Elemental Qi, the characteristics and strength of the Water Elemental Qi extracted from different Spirit Materials varied.

Water Elemental Qi from the Sea Blue Marrow was naturally the purest, but the characteristic of the Sea Blue Marrow was its great expansiveness, meant to allow the Sword Armor to cover the whole body, but it was not sufficient to support the formation of a complete Sword Armor.

The formation of the Water Walking Sword Armor required nineteen different Water Attribute Spirit Materials, each with its own role, indispensable.

Among them, the Blue Sea Jade was highly inclusive, able to harmonize the merging of various Water Elemental Qi; the Billow Root excelled in recovery; the Mysterious Water Jade for its hardness; the Sky Wave Crystal had a strong weakening effect on spell attacks...

Such variations, combined with the Sword Qi driven by the Sword Cultivator as if it were an extension of his arm, perfectly formed a piece of Protective Sword Armor.

Once the different characteristic Water Elemental Sword Qi within each acupoint mingled together, forming a river, Lu Qingshan's thoughts stirred, and the river churned up, circulating around his body harmoniously and comfortably.

"Out!"

Under the command of Lu Qingshan's mental focus, all the Water Elemental Sword Qi flowed out from the acupoints, constantly moving around his body.

Rippling blue waves, with a slight glow intertwining.

Water Walking Sword Armor, complete!